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"In places that have free healthcare like Canada the sin taxes actually start to make a lot more sense. Heavy smokers and alcoholics are likely to use more heal
by kyleee 5y ago
"In places that have free healthcare like Canada the sin taxes actually start to make a lot more sense. Heavy smokers and alcoholics are likely to use more healthcare resources compared to somebody who doesn't engage in those activities. So in my mind it seems "fair" for those things to be taxed higher."
I'd recommend doing some digging here, I've seen many claims that such folks actually end up being responsible for lower lifetime healthcare expenditure due to earlier death and I'm sure myriad other factors
- Fogest 5y agoDoes them living a shorter life mean they are cheaper? I feel like comparing someone who dies of lung cancer at 60 years old to somebody who lives to 90 isn't really a fair comparison. Sure that 90 year old may end up costing more in terms of healthcare, but if you compared their usage up to 60 they would not have used the same. Someone who lives longer simply has more time alive and thus more time in the country where they may require medical care. But I don't think that means they are the same burden as someone who has a shorter life span but requires a lot of unnecessary care due to the unhealthy choices they made during their life.
- kyleee 5y agoI mean it seems entirely fair to compare since the drugs they're doing are playing a significant contributing factor to their health outcomes